1. What were your impressions of this documentary?
with a heavy heart, most sadness, I watched the documentary named Sex Slaves. The victim Katia'returning home is cheering, but what she and her husband experienced till the final adjudgement to the flagrant trafficker is absolutely unimagined and unpredicted—a pregnant wife is sold, sufferring unbelievable damage both mental and physical; a praiseworthy husband undergoes so much twists and turns; a flagitious trafficker eventually gets only a 5-year probation. From the cause and the process of trafficking, we do see a trafficking chain—middleman, agent and employer. But only the simple chain is in operation? the answer is no. Besides the chain, law enforcement and corruption are an unassailable contributing factor to push human trafficking forward. Compared with the victims' unfortunate, this is a huge unfortunate of our communities. It is especially unfortunate in circumstances like those that surround human trafficking because the very people who ought to help trafficked persons cannot always be counted on.
2. Can we win the fight against sex trafficking?
It is very difficult to win the fight against sex trafficking. As long as corruption, poverty and trafficker exist at the same time, to stop the tragedy will be impossible. But I do believe human trafficking cases will eventually die out.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Week 11 Homework
(homework1-writing an introduction and conclusion)
Introduction:
Happy marriage is the desirable target of almost every couple. Some couples make it last long as to lifetime, while some do experience conflicts and eventually breakup. What are the possible factors resulting in the strengthened or destroyed? Different situations have dissimilar answers. The stories "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" and "The Necklace" reveal a lot about what can make or break a marriage.'
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the odds of a marriage depend on lots of components. Respect, concentration, understanding and forgiveness probably keep a marriage thrive; disrespect, unconcern, selfishness easily lead to an unfortunate or at least unharmonious marriage.
(Homework2 -feeling after reading sniper)
1. How do you feel through most of the story? Are you 'cheering' for the sniper?
NO.I feel sad. I hate war. It is the war that blows peace away and makes kind people become cruel and unkind. human beings should originally live together peacefully, sharing happiness
2. Do your feelings about him change at the end?
Yes. At the beginning, it was a little cheering because eventually the sniper killed his "enemy" , saving his life. But when the dead body was identified, sadness surrounds me. In real life, many things happen like the story.
It is difficult to decide or predict what is the optimal decision at the beginning, sometimes you probably have to experience before telling right from wrong.
3. What do you think is the theme?
Pitiless war
Introduction:
Happy marriage is the desirable target of almost every couple. Some couples make it last long as to lifetime, while some do experience conflicts and eventually breakup. What are the possible factors resulting in the strengthened or destroyed? Different situations have dissimilar answers. The stories "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" and "The Necklace" reveal a lot about what can make or break a marriage.'
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the odds of a marriage depend on lots of components. Respect, concentration, understanding and forgiveness probably keep a marriage thrive; disrespect, unconcern, selfishness easily lead to an unfortunate or at least unharmonious marriage.
(Homework2 -feeling after reading sniper)
1. How do you feel through most of the story? Are you 'cheering' for the sniper?
NO.I feel sad. I hate war. It is the war that blows peace away and makes kind people become cruel and unkind. human beings should originally live together peacefully, sharing happiness
2. Do your feelings about him change at the end?
Yes. At the beginning, it was a little cheering because eventually the sniper killed his "enemy" , saving his life. But when the dead body was identified, sadness surrounds me. In real life, many things happen like the story.
It is difficult to decide or predict what is the optimal decision at the beginning, sometimes you probably have to experience before telling right from wrong.
3. What do you think is the theme?
Pitiless war
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Week11 Assignment Post(necklace woman)
1. Did you like this story? Why/why not?
Yes. Because this story calls for deep thought. Tt tells us what vanity means and how a person is affected by vanity by means of a woman's real experience.In fact,the story tells us vanity is harmful and should be avoided.
2. What can we learn about vanity?
Vanity is a desire definitely not worth being advocated, the result brought by vanity is miserable and abominating. A person who admires vanity will eventually suffer from vanity.
3. How would you compare this couple to Michael and Frances?
Compared with Michaels and Frances, the misfortune of this couple results from the wife instead of the husband. It is the wife’s (Mathilde ) vanity that causes the family to undergo a 10-year hard time. The pain lying in the wife’s interior heart is incurred by herself rather then the husband. However, the emotional estrangement between this couple is not as severe as Michael and Frances, the conflict between the couple mainly focuses on money, and does not upgrade to a degree of destroying harmony between them. Therefore ,the problem is relatively easy to solve. For Michael and Frances, emotional depart is more prominent , not focusing or concentrating on the partner is against marriage commitment. Due to the contradictory of pure emotion ,it is more difficult to be solved.
Yes. Because this story calls for deep thought. Tt tells us what vanity means and how a person is affected by vanity by means of a woman's real experience.In fact,the story tells us vanity is harmful and should be avoided.
2. What can we learn about vanity?
Vanity is a desire definitely not worth being advocated, the result brought by vanity is miserable and abominating. A person who admires vanity will eventually suffer from vanity.
3. How would you compare this couple to Michael and Frances?
Compared with Michaels and Frances, the misfortune of this couple results from the wife instead of the husband. It is the wife’s (Mathilde ) vanity that causes the family to undergo a 10-year hard time. The pain lying in the wife’s interior heart is incurred by herself rather then the husband. However, the emotional estrangement between this couple is not as severe as Michael and Frances, the conflict between the couple mainly focuses on money, and does not upgrade to a degree of destroying harmony between them. Therefore ,the problem is relatively easy to solve. For Michael and Frances, emotional depart is more prominent , not focusing or concentrating on the partner is against marriage commitment. Due to the contradictory of pure emotion ,it is more difficult to be solved.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Thesis and Topic Sentences(week8 assignment)
Thesis:My job in an apple plant is dreadful.
topic sentence 1. The work was physically hard.
topic sentence 2. The pay was poor.
topic sentence 3. The working conditions were dismal.
The interesting about the second and third topic sentences is that the person seems to constantly deny the last stated point, which makes readers feel what he complains is not worthy of being considered and nothing is dreadful except the last point.
topic sentence 1. The work was physically hard.
topic sentence 2. The pay was poor.
topic sentence 3. The working conditions were dismal.
The interesting about the second and third topic sentences is that the person seems to constantly deny the last stated point, which makes readers feel what he complains is not worthy of being considered and nothing is dreadful except the last point.
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